Mangwana defends release of Wadyajena’s assets

Information and Broadcasting Services permanent secretary Nick Mangwana has defended the release of flamboyant businessman Mayor Wadyajena’s assets saying the arresting authorities erred in failing to provide tangible evidence in the case.

High Court Judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi last week ordered the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to release 25 trucks that were impounded from the former Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator and businessman following his arrest in 2022.

The anti-graft body had confiscated the property alleging they were ill-gotten wealth before the court removed Wadyajena from remand for lack of evidence.

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